Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who hates women.
- adj. Of or characterized by a hatred of women.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A woman-hater.
Wiktionary
- n. One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.
- n. One who displays prejudice against or looks down upon women.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A woman hater. Contrast
misandrist .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek μισογύνης (misogunēs), from μισέω (miseō, "I hate") + γυνή (gynē, "woman"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“My Funk and Wagnall says a misogynist is a woman-hater.”
“And yes, despite what one of the friends I have lost over this kerfuffle said to me in email, I do think that a person of color saying something patently racist and misogynist is as offensive as a white person's unexamined privilege.”
“I also think that a white person saying something patently racist and misogynist is as offensive as a person of color's unexamined privilege, and in internet debates of this sort, at least against well-meaning white folk who really do want to help, the persons of color do have privilege.”
“I also think that a white person saying something patently racist and misogynist is as offensive as a person of color's unexamined privilege.”
“And yes, I do think that a person of color saying something patently racist and misogynist is as offensive as a white person's unexamined privilege.”
“But a misogynist is someone who actively hates and subjugates women.”
“I can't say I've heard his surrogates (like Axelrod) engage in misogynist smears either.”
“I refer of course, to “The Lady” Mrs T, who appears to be granted honorary man status by her leftist detractors, except when they were engaged in misogynist bating.”
“Newton was often called a misogynist for his portrayal of nude women in provocative situations -- a criticism that he dismissed as "silly.”
“I find it entertaining to be lectured on the correct use of the word misogynist by somebody who can't spell ad hominem.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘misogynist’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Iaan
dirigisme, dystopia, cacotopia, ex ante, veritable, indefatigable, curmudgeon, desultory, antediluvian, transmogrify, pendent, elongate and 269 more...
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GRE Barron's 800
zealot, wistful, welter, wary, whimsical, warranted, vortex, vivisection, volatile, vitiate, viscous, visage and 787 more...
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municipal, whit, dissembler, berate, liberally, embellish, dissimilitude, histrionics, flamboyance, bombastic, bovine, calumny and 142 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Misanthropic
Lovecraft, Lovecraftian, bete noire
Lovecraftian, bête noire, festinate, hathos, misogynist, foredoom, decorticate, malingerer, nemophilist, mendicant, pendragon, stultify and 27 more...
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fredrx's beautiful sounding list
two most beautiful words when put together
womb, philistine, poignant, wombastic, eschelon, macabre, precipitous, panache, misogynist, placebo, cacophony, aplomb and 43 more...
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to memorize
words i need to memorize
aberrant, abscond, advocate, aggrandize, amalgamate, ambiguous, ambrosial, anomalous, antediluvian, antipathy, arbitrate, assuage and 163 more...
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jaradgiese's Words
paronomasia, ostensible, insouciant, sobriquet, burlesque, insalubrious, apotheosis, hyperbole, connubial, felicity, florid, conurbation and 642 more...
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generationnext's Words
petulant, vehement, pensive, lascivious, vacillate, histrionic, satiated, svelte, lithe, zeitgeist, viscous, sommelier and 526 more...
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inkhorn's Words
inkhorn, aplomb, apotheosis, asinine, avatar, bombastic, boorish, bromide, bucolic, cagey, canvass, digress and 991 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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spazgirl's words
dilettante, elegy, derelict, evince, solicitous, shibboleth, exculpate, karma, animadversion, arrogate, effrontery, grouse and 114 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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kid conversation starters
My kids and I often have great conversations about words. Sometimes, we wonder if a word is really a word; if it's being used correctly; its derivation; correct usage; etc. So many fine details for...
seeable, stereo, swam, misogynist, visible, went, condescending
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My List
A list of words that I have generated over time.
cairn, cacodaemoniacal, abash, abject, abjure, abstemious, abhor, abnegate, abnegation, abscond, abstruse, acclivity and 702 more...
Tweets
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dailyword M called 007 this in Goldeneye. Jun 9, 2012
Ron The famous artist Edgar Degas whose main focus in art was women is frequently referred to as a misogynist. Apr 17, 2009